# Mathias (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mathias/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,544 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,544 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 981, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 336 | 693 |
| 2012 | 353 | 669 |
| 2013 | 392 | 628 |
| 2014 | 474 | 586 |
| 2015 | 509 | 563 |
| 2016 | 599 | 502 |
| 2017 | 660 | 460 |
| 2018 | 796 | 400 |
| 2019 | 742 | 420 |
| 2020 | 694 | 429 |
| 2021 | 701 | 441 |
| 2022 | 805 | 396 |
| 2023 | 877 | 370 |
| 2024 | 1,032 | 337 |
| 2025 | 1,087 | 312 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,119 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 33 | 889 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 32 | 928 |
| 2017 | 49 | 709 |
| 2018 | 63 | 584 |
| 2019 | 70 | 541 |
| 2020 | 84 | 467 |
| 2021 | 80 | 496 |
| 2022 | 89 | 453 |
| 2023 | 79 | 500 |
| 2024 | 100 | 406 |
| 2025 | 76 | 507 |

## People named Mathias

- Mathias Rust, German amateur aviator and activist
- Mathias Jørgensen, Danish association football player (born 1990)
- Mathias Jensen, Danish association football player (born 1996)
- Mathias Énard, French writer, translator, and university teacher (born 1972)
- Mathias Gidsel, Danish handball player (born 1999)
- Mathias Lessort, French basketball player (born 1995)
- Mathias Boe, Danish badminton player
- Mathias Schober, German association footballer
- Mathias Abel, German footballer
- Mathias Cormann, Australian politician
- Mathias Lauda, Austrian race car driver
- Oswald Mathias Ungers, German architect (1926–2007)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.